“No.” Boyce cut her off.
“I can’t help you much on your career, I don’t have a powerful background, I’m someone with nothing,” Jasmine said disappointedly.
Boyce wanted to achieve higher in his career but he didn’t want to depend on anyone.
“You don’t trust me?” Boyce stroke her head, “Aren’t you tired thinking about all this at such a young age?”
“I trust you,” Jasmine nodded as hard as she could.
She felt much better after saying everything she had been hiding in her heart, it was an hour later after dinner was ready.
It was a simple meal, potatoes, some beans, and pickled cabbage made by a student’s grandma. She cooked some corn and rice too.
“Try this corn, it’s delicious,” Jasmine said as she handed him an ear of corn.
Boyce took it and looked at Jasmine, “Jasmine, there’s something I need to tell you.””
Jasmine looked at Boyce who put up a stern face, she skipped a heartbeat, “What?”
Boyce didn’t want to hide anything from her, “I promised to be Wendy’s boyfriend…” he explained, “I don’t like her.”
Jasmine picked up some food, put it into her mouth, and asked, “What are you trying to tell me?”
Boyce put down the corn in his hand and held Jasmine’s hand, looking at her, “I don’t want to keep it from you, I need to go back to sort things out and will come to fetch you once everything is settled. I wish that you could continue your study, you could definitely help others once you’ve graduated. It’s not easy to get into a good university, lots of people don’t get the chance, you should appreciate it.”
He didn’t plan to bring Jasmine with him this time as he didn’t know what Wendy might do to her. So he wanted to come to fetch her once everything was settled.
She would be safer staying here for the moment.
Jasmine put down her cutleries, walked over and sat on his laps, and wrapped her arms around his neck, “I’ll listen to you.”
Boyce’s honesty touched her heart and made her appreciate him more.
She hugged him tight, “You are my family from now on, my dearest one.”
Boyce raised his hands and froze for a few seconds in the air before began patting her back.
Jasmine rested her chin on his shoulder and whispered to his ears, “I’m so deeply in love with you.”
Her warm breath fell onto his ears and made him stiffened. This was the sensitive zone for both women and men. He kept frozen.
Jasmine realized something strange and asked, “Did I hurt your wounds?”
“No,” Boyce said in a husky voice.
She let go of her hands and saw Boyce’s blushing face as if he was drunken.
“You…” Jasmine wanted to ask if he was feeling unwell because of his reddened face, but she realized his body was stiffened because he was too close to her. She wanted to laugh. ‘He is in his thirties and is so shy.’
She then deliberately tightened her hug and pressed her body against his, smiling, “We have only one bed, how are we going to sleep at night?”
He remained frozen and replied with a low voice, “I’ll sleep on the floor.”
“It’s cold on the floor, it’s bad for your body,” Jasmine teased.
Boyce remained silent.
He felt that all his blood was driven to a single spot in his body, he was about to explode but remained still. “Jasmine, let’s have dinner.”
Jasmine tightened her hug instead, “I want to hug you, don’t you like my hug?”
Boyce swallowed his saliva, “I like it, but you are still young…”
“I’m not young, I’m an adult.” Jasmine’s lips were close to his neck, she found out that she was head over heels for him. He was such a gentleman, if it was another man, they would have taken action by now. She wasn’t proud of her charm but who would reject a free lunch?
Boyce closed his eyes, suppressing his desire the hardest he could.
Jasmine kept holding onto him, “You haven’t answered me yet, there’s only a single bed, and it’s too cold to sleep on the floor, I won’t let you. Do you want to share a bed with me?”
Boyce was wheezing with heavy breaths, “You have nothing to worry about. Before our marriage, I won’t do anything to hurt you.”
Even if they lay in the same bed, he wouldn’t touch her anywhere.
He felt some form of pressure in his heart as well. He always felt that Jasmine was too young, and if he did anything to her, it would make him as though a “rapist”. He would feel guilty.
Jasmine didn’t continue to tease him. She felt that he was really a rare gem whom she had to treasure. She got up from Boyce’s arms and seated herself opposite to resume the dinner. She picked up some dishes and put it in his plate, “Whatever you like to eat, I will make them for you.”
All of a sudden, Boyce felt like he was back at home. As a single man for a long time, the prospect of someone caring for him was attractive, and it was something precious to him.
He shoved the mashed potatoes which Jasmine had put into his plate into his mouth.
After dinner, Jasmine began to put back those cutleries, “If you can’t fall asleep, you should have it easy outside.”
Boyce shook his head as he followed her around and watched her wash those plates.
Jasmine glanced at him, “What’s there to watch here?”
“I want to learn this. Then I can help you do it later on.” Boyce said with a solemn tone.
Jasmine simply laughed.
“Ms. Burke, Ms. Burke.” Kirk came over with a watermelon in tow, “Grandpa wants me to give you this.” He saw Boyce, and then he added, “You guys can eat together.”
Jasmine put down the dishes, washed her hands and took over the watermelon. She placed it on the desk, “Help me to say thanks to grandpa.”
“My grandpa says you’re welcome. He told me that you’re a good person, Ms. Burke. You have given me a lot of learning tools. This watermelon is nothing.” Kirk said while smiling, and when he grinned, his shiny white teeth formed a stark contrast to his tanned skin, “I’ll be going now so that I won’t bother you.”
After saying that, he marched out of the house.
Jasmine looked at the watermelon on the table, and a kind of loneliness seeped into her eyes, “I will be missing them.”
She was afraid that no one would come take her place to teach those student once she was gone. Keith was not going to be here long term, and due to the poor condition here, not many would come here to be a teacher. She feared for those children’s future. They were innocent, kind, and they deserved to have a bright future. And the only way to reach that future was by education.
Boyce reached out and caressed her face. He could see through what she was thinking as he announced, “Leave everything to me.”
Jasmine looked up at him and asked with her eyes widened, “Do you have any solution?”
Boyce let out a vague sound of approval.
“You’re really great.” Jasmine tiptoed and wrapped her arms around his neck and she pecked at his cheeks.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.